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June 02 2023

ICC: Here’s what to expect from likely appeals in the licensing litigation against local OB-GYN

Dr. Caitlin Bernard waits for a question from the Attorney General’s Office at a medical licensing hearing on May 25, 2023. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) By Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle June 1, 2023 A lengthy appeals process could play out following a st “...”

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May 26 2023

SANCTION IMPOSED: Attorney General convinces licensing board Bernard violated patient privacy laws

Caitlin Bernard, an OB/GYN at IU Health, gets emotional while defending her license to practice during a marathon hearing before medical licensing board. (Photo by Xain Ballenger/The Statehouse File) By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 26, 2023 Caitlin Bernard, the IU Hea “...”

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May 22 2023

VOTING RIGHTS VIOLATION? Lawsuit challenging absentee voter restrictions returns to 7th Circuit

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 22, 2023 Indiana’s limitations on absentee voting were again before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals May 17 with the plaintiffs asserting the restrictions on voters under age 65 violates the 26th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution whi “...”

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May 11 2023

MLB HEARING: Attorney General Rokita seeks to depose Indy Star reporter in Bernard case

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 11, 2023 The request Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office made in late April to delay the case against Caitlin Bernard pending before the Indiana Medical Licensing Board came after an apparent change in the state’s lead cou “...”

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May 08 2023

CONSTITUTIONAL BIAS? State bail denial change could worsen racial incarceration, bail disparities

The following report was written for The Indiana Citizen by Indianapolis journalist Abriana Herron. May 8, 2023 When it comes to local politics, Black Indianapolis resident Christine Hudson considers herself informed. But she said Senate Joint Resolution 1—which would expand th “...”

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May 05 2023

UPDATE: Attorney General’s office authored amendment that seeks to end lawsuit against Rokita

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 5, 2023 A 56-word provision authored by the Indiana Attorney General’s office and dropped late into the biennial budget bill appears to be an attempt to short circuit a lawsuit aimed at forcing Attorney General Todd Rokita to turn ove “...”

May 02 2023

Primary highlights constraints and demands placed on Indiana mayors

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 28, 2023 Amid the questions about crime and road repair that seem to pepper every candidate running for mayor this primary season, Indianapolis voter David Craig Starkey was most intrigued by the question about taking big risks. Stark “...”

April 28 2023

UPDATE: Rokita adds GOP powerhouse Bopp as outside counsel in battle over Inspector General report — but thanks to lawmakers, he might have won already.

By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 28, 2023 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has hired James Bopp, a nationally recognized attorney championing Republican causes, to represent him in the fight to keep confidential an Indiana Inspector General’s report about his p “...”

April 21 2023

Rokita ends court fight against finding that he violated confidentiality

April 21, 2023 After hiring outside counsel and presenting oral arguments to the judge, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is withdrawing his motion to remove a trial court’s finding that he violated state confidentiality laws when he publicized his office’s investigation i “...”

April 10 2023

FROM THE INDIANA CITIZEN: In the Tennessee House, a gerrymandered supermajority is reaping the whirlwind

The following analysis was written by Bill Moreau, president of the Indiana Citizen Education Foundation and publisher of its online platform, The Indiana Citizen. Most of the commentary about last week’s disaster in the Tennessee House of Representatives touched on—but d “...”